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THE CONGREGATIONISTS. The Jesuits have long been secretly endeavouring to .the influence. they once exercised over the and purse 4 of' our continental neighbours, and. that considerable progress has.been made is rendered manifest, by the discord which the late decisions , of the - Cour Royale have thrown among the constituent parts .of - the body politic.. The CONGREGATIONS of the Jesuits seem . just now to be more peculiarly the objects of national jealousy; and for influencing the public mind on any important matter, whether in religion •or politics, a more efficient engine cannot, we admit, well be ima . 041 The Congregationists differ from the Freemasons, die Buttchen, and the Carbonari, as well in the des .petic character of their societies as in the ostensible mot* of their institution. Congregations are, in fact, secret assemblages formed among all classes of the community, from Mi nisters of State to the children at a boarding-school : " Le pauvre en sa Cabane e3t Fuljef a sea lois, Li la garde qui veille aux barrieres du Louvre defend p.s nos roil." Each Congregation is under the direction of a Je suit—,4 honzme," says the Etoile, " sage et zat " arid the meetings held from time to time are ostensibly for religious improvement. According to their friends, such improvement does accordingly manifest itself in their life and conversation :—at the hour, say they, when youth, eager .for dissipation and pleasure, has tens to its tumultuous assemblies, its fetes, and its thei:.tres ; at the hour when luxury and idleness pass from the enjoyments of the table to the ball or the gambling house ; 'the Congregationist carries succour -to the destitute ; he seeks out the starving orphan, ,01 (in the hospital) assists the sick and fortifies the dying. The enemies of the Congregationists gi v e to their institution a political motive, and insinuate a fo reign and anti-national influence. The Con Si iillijOnnel tells us, that, had it not been for the decisions of the Cour Royale, tin' foreigner would again, and for the third time, triumph in trance ; not, •as heretofore, by the inclemency of -the seasons and the number of its enemies, but by its Congregationists and Jesuists.— We are told of .their leagues and their outrages, of their plots, debaucheries, and orgies. Judging, how er, from the violent tone assumed by. the adversaries the Congregationists, and the extravagance of the accusations brought against them, we are greatly dis posed to think that, however proper it may be to keep a watchful eye on their proceedings, ras yet nothing has been developed which can in any way compromise the political -or the religious character of their institutions, ,in the form in which they at present exist. We are much struck with the resemblance these Congregations seem to bear to the class Meetings of . .John Westley—a contrivance, to which the conver sion of-a .very large portion o f our population ; to the tenets of that extraordinary person is mainly to be .attributed. DEATH OF JOHN BRUCE, ESR. John Bruce, Esq. of Grangehill and Falkland, FAS., °flan don, Edinburgh, and Gottingen, died at his seat of Nuthill, in the eeunty of Fife, on Sunday, the Ifith of April, 1826, in the 82d year of his very active life. Ile wait the heir-nude and undoubted representative of the ancient family of Bruce, of Earls hull, one o f the oldest cadets of the illteurious house of lirtiett r hot he dill not .sticc;ed to the estate of his tuivestors, which was transferred, by marriage into another family. lie inherited from his father only the small property of Grangehill, near Kitighorn, the remains of a larger estate, Wllich his family acquired by marriage with a g riind-thaughter of the renowned Kirkcaldy of Grange. Mr. Bruce received a liberal education the University of -Edinburgh, where he was early distinguished for his abilities and extensive erudition.; the consequence of which was, that, at an trly age, he was appointed Professor of Logic in that University. Ile rescued that science from the trammels of the Aristotelian Salmi, and the Syllogistic forms of arguing and teaching; and his Lectures, particularly on Pnetnatology, were much Me . Lcated. At the name time,, during the absence of Dr. Adam Perguestan, he was . prevailed on,ot a very short notice, to teach his tins of Moral Philosophy; anti, during the greatest part of that winter, besides revising and often' re-casting his own Lectures, he actually composed it: the evening the Lecture which he was ,to deliver in the Class next forenoon. Soon after this he resigned his cheir in the university, having, through the interest of the late Lord Melville, to whose family be WO distantly related, received a giant of the'reversion, along with the late Sir James Hunter Blair, of the Patent of . Kink's Printer and Stationer for' Scotland, an office however which did not open to them for lb or 10 years. Lord Melville was well aware of Mr. Bruce's abilities, end duly • appreciated them; and in order to give the public the advantage of them, he procured for him the offices of Keeper of the State Pieper Office, and Historiographer to the East India Company. Mr. Bruce was, also, for a short time, Secretary to the Board of Controul, and sit in Parliament fur some years. In these various office. he watt not idle.. The place of Keeper of the State Paper Office had been made by his predeeessors very -much of a sinecure ; the consequence of which was, that the va- Wahl/ papers therein deposited were in the greatest confusion : hut by this tudefatigible exertions, and methodical arrangements, the whole were soon brought to 'be greatest .order, so as to be available to . the different depar meats of the Government, whose chiefs had occasion to refer to them for precedents or in. formation. Mr. Bruce was the author of several valuable works, some of which, though printed by Government, were not published fur sale, and, therefore, are not so extensively known as they deserve ; and it is believed that he has left, in manuscript, at the State Piper office, several Memoirs in relation to that department. gilt printed works are : " Elements of Ethics," being the beads, of his Lectures on Moral Philosophy. " Plans for the Government of British India." " Report on the Renewal of the East India Company's Exclu. viva Privileges." 1794. " Review of the Events and Treaties which established the Ba lsam of Power in Europe, and the Balance of Trade in favour of Great Britain." 1790. " Report on Conjunct Expeditions to Frustrate the Designs of the Enemy, by Attacks on his Foreign Poseesaions or European Ports." 1798. " Rvort , an the Internal Defence of .England against the Spa. niqh Armada in IbSS, with a view to the Defence of Britain in MEI, on which Mr. Pitt grounded 'his Measures of the Provi. signal Cavalry and Army of Reserve." " Report on the Union between England and Scotland, with s view to the projected Union with Jreland," 1799. "Ida adoof the East India Company." _3 vol s . 4to. 1810. Mr. Bruce's intellectual powers were of the very highest order. lie was equally distinguished as an accurate historian and an ele. gent scholar. 'The extent, the variety, and the correctness, of till general information, wag astonishing. lie was for some years the only surviving member of that great literary phalanx which adorned the Swab& Metropolis, during the middle period of the Let century. In the more vigorous period of his life he war erni neatly dietinguiehod by that qualification Which ix so rarely to be met with, in which great knowledge is combined with a•shrewil u:as and pleasing urbanity of manners, which rendered his corn. mitnicatione agreeable to every one. :Ilia conversational powers wore captivating in the extreme, arid his salliel of innocent humour, and Bolles of wit, were irresistibly entertaining. • fluting' th e l a tter years of, his life, he event Revere ! months at hi: scat at Iduthill•—en which estate , .and his extensive purchaso, of Falkland and gyres, be waa carrying oh Improvements on a naenfortended sod liberal soak, gqing employment to great num bora of tratkutuen and I:dowers of all, descriptions. Ile also laid out , l arge „ w i n. re oiring tvliat remains the Palace of Falk. hod. 1 , 0 so to piewerve,. f or . c oiturles to come, that relic of }loyalty hi Scotland. In short , be entered 'on the profession of a country gentleman w i t h th e s ame avlour ted ability which he displayed in the Various other situations which he filled ; and his death will be deeply lamented by t h o se frieads who enjoyed his es well a, by the inhebitante on his estate , to whose INar.ta and oust:feria he so materially Wotlibuled• FRENCH PAPERS. (Flom the Eti,ile duttd Suntky, May 21.) " CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 2e. ' "We expect with impatience the ltith of May, when the delay granted by Russia fur,-the answer .to he made to its ultimation ex pires. • Hithertn the.,mest coalictiue, reports succeed each other. The Franks pr.rpl r cii'hat this demands of Ru,sia wilt be ac quiesced in, and evisi pretend that the Servian soon be allowed to return home with u sati,:fietory ~answer to their complaints. The Qrreks entertain quite eontrarry hopes. - It is true, however, that Mr. S. C4rininc,ir has in his efforts in favour of the Greeks, and that t!;e Iteis Effendi has given to 1)1. Miuziacky only a verbal answer, which is wholly vague. It is said that M. Minziacky, prohubly in consequence of this answer, has invited all Russian merchant- in this city to put their affairs in order, and to be ready to leave the .city at the same time with him, in case the ultimatum shoulti be finally rejocted by the Reis Effendi. Arial. `Z4•. " The TorkiSh Ministers hold daily cmiferences, hut there has not yet been any extraordinary meeting of the Divan, whence it is inferred that no decisive resolution lias }wen taken with respect to the Russian ultimatum. Judging I.y the verbal declarations of the Reis Effendi, it is presumed that this written answer will not be delivered till a little before the 17th of May, when the delay expires. An unfortunate circumstance for the Porte is, that it allows hardly any-influence to the English Ambassador, whom it should consider as one of its best friends, and all whose propo sals in favour of the Greeks it has rejected : it is affirmed, be sides, that the Reis Effendi has made many complaints to him on the conduct of the Lord High Commisiioner of the lonian Islands during the late events at Missolonghi. " ANCONA, MAY S. What melancholy and afflicting news ! I hear on toy ar rival at Ancona that Missolonghi no • longer exists ! 1 am over whelmed, annihilated ! 1 arrived full of hope, and find that all is over That population of heroes, is no more. The Ibllowing are the particulars, too positive facts, which I have been able to collect " On the . 15th of .April the Greek fleet had an enOgement with the Turkish squadron. . The combat , Wa9 terrible ; the Greeks had the advantage; yet it was not go decisive as to enable them entirely to drive away the Turks, and throw provisions into Nlissolonghi. Aliatilis therefore waited for fresh divisions to renew the combat. Ibrahim, wearied out by en many fruitless .attacks, in which be had sustained such severe losses, directed all his at tention to prevent the arrival of supplies sent in small vessels from Zante. " '.on the 16th, all the communications were cut oft by means - , of rafts, and flat-bottomed boats armed with heavy artillery.— Prom that time the provisions which were at Petala and Porto Sara could not arrive; the besieged, who maint►ined theme:Wes only by means of the few supplies which they daily received, began to be in the most deplorable situation. On the Pith and 18th, several women, children, and old men died of hunger. On the 19th the evil increased. Notwithstimding the horrors of this situation, nobody thought of surrendering, all still placed their hopes on the fleet; but every one prepared to sacrifice his life,— Several parts of the town were selected to receive the women, the children, and the aged, and every preparation was made to blow up the place. (.)n the 21st and 22d no prayers were perfi►rnuel, several part's of the town were undermined, and the inhabitants determined that all those who should not be able to make a sally, as well as the wounded, the women, and children, should bury themselves by springing the mines. (in the 21st and 22d again attacked the Turkish fleet, but what could a num ber of little vessels do against six ships of the line, eight or ten frigates, and ninety other vessels which had the ad vantage of the wind ? All their efforts were nselesa it was impossible to get a vessel laden with provisions into the town, and the Greek fleet in vain lost its best vessels, exposed to the tire of the large Turkish men of war. The unfortunate besieged, seeing their last hopes vanish, thought. only of executing their heroic project. Every thing was prepared for the great sacrifice :.the women and children were placed over the mines, Some of the most intrepid old men promised to set fire to the mines the moment the signal should be given. The men who were still able to carry arms resolved to make a sally, to five(' their way through Ibrahim's army, to join their-brethren, and revenge, ►f possible, the women and children .whom they abandoned to death. About 2,000 attempted to execute this design, 130 or 140 men remained in the town, and retired into a house,.. which they OA vetted into a fortress. • . . 4‘ a On the 9.8 d, in the evening, their departure took place, and at the same moment the frightful volcano blew up the population, which was reduced to 0,000 souls. The Turks, who knew the project of the unhappy besieged, made a very great resistance to the sully of the Greeks. A dreadful carnage took place, and at least the 'half of the sacred battalion perished. 'lt is hoped, how ever, that about '7OO or 800 may have gained the mountains.— On the ihllowing day the heroic town and its inhabitants no longer existed. The Turks, on entering the town, - found only ruins and dead bodies; however, the' ISO men who had fortified themselves in the house, defended themselves' the whole day, making a great carnage of the Egyptians. At length, exhausted by fatigue and want of food, they blew themselves up at the mo ment when the Turks were going to take them. " g Almost every week, and since the sth of April, every day English vessels entered Missolonghi. Sir F. Alan►, before his departure for London, had interpos►d between the town and him, and exerted all Isis efforts, us a private individual, to bring .about a capitulation. The inhabitants of Missolonghi had con sented to leave the town with their arms, baggage, &c., and with drums beating. Ibrahim refused he promised that property should be respected, and their lives spared. 'but he insisted that the whole garrison should be prisoners of war. Our heroes in dignantly refused, and declared they would blow themselves tsp. The English, seeing that Missolonghi was not tenable, and that it was impossible for the Greek fleet to throw in supplies, made - the greatest efforts to induce illissolonghi to surrender : but a" Was in vain.' " PARIS, MAY 20, " The preliminary investigation into the famous affair of the contracts in Spain, and the accusations which have arisen from them, is finished. It seems that the report will be laid on Tues day next before the Court of Peers itself, with the conclusions which shall have been adopted by the members intrusted with the investigation. " It is affirmed that the result of all the investigations, and of all the new interrogatories, is, that there are no grounds for pro ceeding against any Pear, and that therefore it will be proposed to the Chamber to declare itself incompetent. " Letters from Smyrna of the 4th of April say, that Sir Hudson Lowe had left that city to proceed to India by the Red I" A vessel arrived at Trieste in 86 days from Alexandria, in Egypt, reports that a division of the Greek fleet of Hydra, had made in the month of March a landing at beirout, in Syria, and carried off 3,000,000 of piasters. The Greeks intended a similar attack on Cyprus, but were hindered by contrary winds. The terror spread by this enterprise had extended to Egypt." FRENCH Fotsns.—Pants, May 20.—Fire per Cents., 96.; Three per Cents., 64. 10. Bank Stock, 2,010. Neapolitan Rents, 73. 30. Royal Spanish Loan, 45. Exchange on London, one month, 25. 50. ; three ditto, 25. 30.--Court Authentique. We are sorry to state that on Thursday last, Rear- Admiral Foote met with rather a serious accident. .He was on horseback, above Bar, Southampton, near the pavement, talking to some gentlemen, when an oyster-man's cart wheel touched his horse. The ani mal made a spring, and threw the Admiral, by which one of his fingers was broken, and he was so much bruised, as to be unable to proceed home without a wheeled carriage. We are glad, however, to hear, that he is doing well. The oysterman was brought before the Mayor, and fined 20s. Lord Hill reviewed his regiment, the 53d, under the conunand of Colonel Mansel, C. 8., on Monday, at Portsmouth, and expressed his high satisfaction at the advanced state of discipline of the men, most of whom were recruits, since the return of the regiment from India. His Lordship dined with the officers, and next morning returned to the metropolis. Major- General Sir James Lyon, K.C. B. last week inspected the depot s a t G os p or t, an d the 37th and 53 d regi ments, in Portsmouth garrison. This week Sir James will inspect the troops at Winchester and Weymouth. Lieut.-Col. Arnott removes to the Plymouth Divi thou of Royal M ar i nes , b y t h e d ea th of Lieutenant- Colonel Westropp 4. liieutenant Edwards (having held that rank 25 years) is Promoted to the rank of Cap ; I tain ; and Second Lieutexant Dusautoy (having held his 17 years) is promoted to be a First Lieutenant. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. lIQUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, MAY 22. The Earl of DERBY presented Petitions against slavery from Sutton-in-Mhfiell ; from Broad Windsor, Dorset ; from Leigh ton Buzzard, and from the town of Warrington. Lord MONTFORD presented a Petition from Wexford against . any alteration in the Irish Banking System. The. Earl of MALMESIATRY, on examining the Bonded Corn Bill, folio(' that the returns moved for would not afford the in forrnation he wanted, and which would be necessary for the dis cussion of to-morrow. lie therefore now moved for a return of all the grain warehoused under bond previous to the 22.1 of May. Lord MELVILLE said, that in the course of a quarter of an hour he would tz...ke such measures that the Noble Lord would have the return he de:iired before the discussion of to-morrow should commence. Lord ELLENTIOROUGIL in reference to the Debtor and Creditor': Bill, observed, that i.e mulerstood no Noble Lord in tended to move that it should be rend. He thought it very strange, thLit a Bill which had passed the Commons should be left in their Lordships' Heuie Without a word being said in opposition to it. Ile Was aware that the measure was very complex, and that there might he objections to its details; but if the Bill were allowed to go into a Committee, those objections might he removed. The LORD 'CHANCELLOR would not oppose the Bill, if it were amended ; hut in its present . state it was too confused and inaccurate to he admissible. . • Lord ELLENBOROUGH was afraid he could not hope to alter the bill in time to pass it this session. lie was glad to.find that the Noble and Learned LOrd had no objection to the principle, and, under those circumstances, he thought it best to let the mea sure lie over to next session. The LORD CIIANCELLOR intimated that be would be ready to give his assistance to the measure if it should be brought forward in time next session. Lord ELLENBOROUGII wished to know whether the Noble Lord on the ministerial bench (Bexley) could give any explana tion of the meaning of the word " proportion," .in the last clause of the Bill lately brought up from the Commons, for allowing bonded corn to be brought into the market. With a view to the debate of to-morrow it wain of importance to have some idea of the sense is which this clause was to he understood. [The following are the words of the clause Provided always, and be it enacted, That 'no gieatei proportion of the total quantity of any parcel or number of parcels of such corn, grain, meal, or flour, which on the said et of July was in the possession of any such importer or proprietor in the same port, shall be en tered for home consumption under the authority of this Act, after the Ist of July, than shall be equal •to the proportion of such total quantity which hail been so .entered before the said Ist of July, under the authority - of this'Artl Lord BEXLEY said a few words, which were not heard below the bar. _ . • . Liird ELLENBOROUGH could not admit that the clause . was an unimportant one. It appeared to him to be very im portant. The Earl of LAUDERDALE said the clause was the half, of one copied from another Bill, and that it required the addition of its other half to make it intelligible. The conversation on this subject, in which a considerable num ber of Peers took part, continued for some time. The Earl. of DARNLEY suggested that it would be proper to discharge the order of tile day for the second reading which stood for to-mor row, in order that time might be afforded for explaining the clause; and Lord Em.rxnortountr, who thought that there ought to be a conference with the Commons on the mean ing of the clause, moved that the order be discharged with the view of renewing it for FridAy next. Lords Mr.t.vit.t.r. and SITAFTESDURY explained that the order which stood on the book for to-morrow was merely for summoning their Lordships, and that the discharge of it would not prevent a motion for the second reading of the Bill to-morrow. The motion for discharg ing the order was not insisted on by Lord ELLENBOROUGII, as he thought it would mat he fair to take the House by surprise, it hav ing been previously understood that there was to be no discussion on the Bonded Corn Bill. In the course of the conversation, Lord MALNlxsauny observed, that when he intimated that he would not oppose this bill, he supposed that it was to be similar to the Bonded Corn Bill of last year. That, however, was not the case, and therefore, if this clause was not altered, he did not hold him self bound to consent to the bill.--Adjourned. All Lotteries e►ld for ever with this Drawing.l six Prizes £30,000, all in One Day. The price of Tickets and Shares will rise qfter next Saturday. PRICES .OF STOCKS TIII Bank Stock 2Ol :3 per Cent, tlid iii 3 per Cent. Cons. V 3-,1 per Cent. Ditto Red 9.1! „1 4 per Cent. New 95 4„ Ditto Scrip 'l pm. par lihnk Long Ann. 'MIA Stock 234 5 Dittoßorids 7 9 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN PI Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent Brazilian Bonds .— Buenos Ayres Bonds — Chilian Bonds, 6 per cent. 41% Colombian Bonds — Ditto, 1824 42?-4 2 Diiiiilll, 3 per cent. Greek Bonds — Ditto, 1825 — Guatimala — Mexican Bond; — Ditto, 1925 f •- ),!, 2 ____ '— PRICES OF SHARE, Canal Gas Engine Company Provincial Bank of Ireland DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, .1:1,000 •Ld. .B U pm, Ditto 5OO chi S 9 pm, Ditto Small Ditto Advertised Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Acconnt .._—__—_. _ ......... - 'NDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Ne3politan, Wit Peruvian Tionds Portuguese Bonds — P 111841411, 5 per cent. Ditto, New — Russian, New, 5 per cent 75% Spanish, 1821, 5 per cent. ... iiai liii:i .... French Renter, sp. e. ' tiff --c, Exchange lsf. Re. — , --.--S per cent. —.O. Exchange .4. -...1:. AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. .£1 1 !./4 15 6 Arrived Due, I Mblin 1 Waterford 0 1 Guernsey & Jersey 0 I Lisbon 0 1 Gottenburgb ...... 0 liarnburgb 0 0 Holland (/ , 1 France 0 _.,_ ILS. Arrived. Due O Flanders 0 • Jamaica O Leeward Islands • Malta 0 America 0 1 Brazil 0 O Buenos Ayres !Gil WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-NIORROW. Morning 2 minute; after 4. I Evening 21 minutes after 4. ...:soun. -LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MA y. 23, 1826, In the House of Peers, last night, - the Bill for making various alterations - in the Laws regarding Debtors and Creditors, was lost, in consequence of the general feeling that its details required too many changes and corrections to be carried into effect at the present advanced period of the Session. The LORD CHANCELLOR, however, expressed himself as friendly to the general principle of the Bill, and promised to give his assistance during the recess in amending it, with the view to its introduction in a more perfect state during the next Session. As there is scarcely to be found in the whole code ,of our Jurisprudence, a subject of such universal application, as the Laws relating to Debtors and Creditors, in one of which characters almost every man in the country must be classed ; and as it consequently is most important to the community at large, that every detail of. a Bill which involves so many c hanges in the existing Laws on this subject, sh ou ld b e fully weighed and consi dered before it is a d opte d ; the propriety and wisdom of the postponement of it will be readily admitted. And, as the acute Towers and profound legal know- I dge of the CitaNcELLon will be applied during the recess to the consideration of the.. Bill, and. its clauses will be fully , we i g h e d i n a ll their bearings, we may safely infer, that the Bill, which will be introduced in 1 4 an early stage of the next Session, will be free frotn the defects which even the Advocates of the present Bill were forced to admit it possesed : and that the law on* this subject will be framed with the utmost perspicuity, and upon principles just and satisfactory to persons - placed in either of the relations of Debtor or Creditor. French Papers of Saturday, and the Etoile dated Sunday, reached us last night. It will be perceived, by the extracts given'in another part of our Paper, that the intelligence in the latter from Constantinople, down to the 24th of April, appears to confirm the previous accounts of the vague answer given by the REIS EFFENDI to M. IVIINztAcKY. The time allowed by the Court of Russia to the Porte for a definitive reply to the Ultimatum, is stated to be the 16th of this month, but in the mean tune M. MINZIACKY has invited all Russian, merchants to be prepared to leave the City with him, in case of the final rejection of the Ultinzatnin. The particulars, as given in these Papers, of the conflict which took place between the Greek and Turkish fleets, prior to the fall of Missolonghi, and the details of the capture of that ill-fated town, will be read with the most intense and painful interest. How mach is it to be lamented, that the heroic bra very, and calamitous sufferings which the inhabitants endured, should not have saved them from the final catastrophe which has placed the ruins of their town in the possession of their merciless Conquerors! --~-•-_ We received this morning. Lisbon Papeis to the sth instant, and German Papers to the 14th, from whit' we make the following extracts : LISBON, 11AY I. The Government of these Kingdoms, seeing the applications of some landowners and merchants for the importation and were housing of foreign corn, alleging various causes and pretexts to support these pretensions, which may be considered in a great de gree as fraudulent attempts against the spirit and observance of the laws designed to prevent this most pernicious contraband, • which may be so injurious to the agriculture of th&le kingdoms— the Government orders that, on the most strict responsibility, that all applications of this kind shall be erffijected to the rigorous and • literal disposition of the law of the 1 bth of October. The Gazette contains official notices addressed to the Baron de Sande; to Don Luis Antonio Carlos;• Fortado de Mandonea; and to Senhor Jose Accursio des Neves; informing them that his late Majesty .bad resolved to restore them to the offices which they had held;• as there was nothing whatever to cast a stain upon their conduct : and the present Government seeing no reason to form a different opinion, they are desired immediately to re some the.offices of which they bad been for a time deprived. MAY 4. Yesterday, the 3d, her Royal Highness the Infanta D. Isabella, gave an audience to Sir W. A'Court, who delivered to her High ness his new credentials as Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from his Britannic Majesty; having first ad dressed her Royal Highness in a suitable speech, her Royal High ness returned thanks for the expressions of friendship manifested on this occasion, and testified to the Ambassador her satisfaction at his continuing in a post, the duties of which be has discharged so melt to the satisfaction of both Governments. MAYS The Gazette contains an order for re-opening the theatre after the 15th of May, for which two reasons are given, first, the ruin of hundreds of families, Which must be the con sequence of their being longer kept out of employment ; and, 2d, " The terrible and dangerous *consequences arising from the want of public amusements; whence it happens that a great number of persons abandon themselves to gross and ru i nous v ices, such as gambling and depraved habits, from the want of decent diversions, in which they may foul relaxation after the ordinary business of life." LEIVSIr, MAY H Count Solyck, Colonel in the Russian service, is still in arrest here, at the instance of a Foreign Ambassador, but he expects to be shortly set at liberty, as his father bus been; for many p ersons have been arrested on suspicion, or false denunciations, It is said that 6000 copies of the King's pamphlet, on the Duke and Duchess Coethen embracing the Catholic religion, have been sold ; and the popularity of the King of Prussia, who blamed the step of the Duke of Coethen, has been very Much increased by it. No objections have yet been made to the authenticity of the letter which has been printed (with ;some variation it is true) in several journals. MINIM, MAY ]4, The able naturalist, Dr. Von Spit, whose name is well known from his travels in Brazil, in company with Dr. , Martins, died here yesterday of a nervous fever. Our academy, and the learned world in general, have reason to deplore the loss of this enlightened and indefatigable naturalist. The Journal Flora says, that a subscription for the Greeks has now been commenced at Munich, and that very large sums have been subscribed by the most exalted characters. One subscrip tion of 20,000 florins is mentioned. Well ARM, MAY Our Hospador has already delivered 200,000 kilotS of corn, to the Seraskier of Silcstria, for the, supply of the Turkish fortretses on the Danube. Some Boyars have been arrested at Jassy. .The Russian Post of 22d of April, is arrived from COnstantinople. It seems that hopes were entertained that the Porte would accept the Russian ultimatum. Accounts have been received at the Admiralty this forenoon by ---a- of the arrival of the Herald yacht, at Spithead, from the Mediterranean. The Peruvian Papers to the 24th January contains a Correspondence of a very amicable nature between the French Vice-Admiral, Rosamet, and the Minis ters for Foreign Affairs, of Peru and Chili. Halifax Papers to the 18th of April arrived yester day. The Colonial Legislatures at Quebec and at Halifax have been closed. Bermuda Papers to the 14th of March say, that the. late discord at Bermuda has been allayed since the arrival of Governor Turner. He arrived on the 14th of February, and was received with the greatest demonstrations of joy. great alarm The Spaniards, it appears , h ave been in respecting the threatened descent of the Colom bian and Mexican squadrons on Cuba. Letters from St. Ago de Cuba, dated 18th March, s t ate, there had been reinforcements of militar y sent to that quarter ; but i n h a b i tants liodoub Here the a ) f . r‘aviodulodf join tlt the Pat r i o t s , if a lan di ng was effected.e consequences, stating the that, Accounts were yesterday received from Buenos Ayres to the 23d February, and from Monte Video to the Sd of March. They confirm the report of ano ther action between the . Brazil fleet and the Patriots, oil t h e f o rt of Colonia, about a day's sail from Mono Video,. but the result had not transpired at the latter place. The accounts from Buenos Apes state, that the Six per Cent. Stock of the Loan negociated in London was selling at 50 to 55, and trade was very dull. Great energy had been displayed by the Na tional Bank (the two Banks being incorporated under that name) ; the interest, from 9 per cent. per annum, had been reduced to 6 per cent. per annum, and the Bank discounted freely at the reduction. Shares of one thousand dollars each sold at a premium of "244 per cent. . fisher; sanguine hopes of the. projectors of the pearl have, it is said, suffered some disappointment in the Bay of Panama, where the largest and fiiiest pearls are known to be produced. Their first attempts in that sea, from the beginning to the middle of 'Pe bruary, had been frustrated by the peculiar nature of the bottom, which proved most unfavourable to the operations of the bell. The ground -to Which they were directed by their pilots and the native divers was invariably found to be uneven and rocky, affording no safe resting place to the machine, which, in spite of its enormous weight, was further endangered by the violence of the under currents. The pearl-oysters were never found in the .masses or beds, according to previous expectation, but singly and in small elusters, attached to the crevices of rocks, and thus sheltered from the force of the under currents. The' Colombia was left engaged in further-investigations, and the only chance of success on that side seemed to depend Upon the discovery of extensive oyster-beds, similar to those in ;the coast of Ceylon and the Persian Gulf. The Mary merchant vessel has arrived at Plymouth from Lima, with papers and letters to the 26th of Ja nuary. The former merely contain the particulars of the capitulation of Callao ; the latter are of some interest as to the commercial advantages likely to re sult from a free intercourse with Peru. The expellees of conveying goods from Haucho (the port to which the English trade chiefly was directed during the occu pation of Callao by Rodil) to the Lima market, ex.- , ceeded all the cost of transmitting goods from England: to the coast of Peru. The merchants in consequence anticipate great advantages from the direct traff ic with this country. It would appear that Rodil hel d out the Castle of Callao to the last extremity. Sant a Rosa was stormed, and the suns spiked on the 6th of January. Rodil had anticipated such an event, en d laid a train to blow up the Patriot forces, which, hap pily, was discovered in time to prevent the catastrophe . The disease in the garrison of Callao was so greets that, immediately after its surrender, an order was pub lished to prevent all persons from aroachi it. Bo livar was expected at Lima towarpdsp ng the beginning of February,.toopen Congress. The brig Hunter, from Bourdeaux, fell in with wreck of an English ship, laden with timber, in lat. 45.58. long. 22. 30. Part of three human skeletons were found on board, which, from appearances, the crew had subsisted upon for some time. Pieces of flesh, with long hair, and several articles of female . dress, were found, th e whole presenting a scene of distress not to be described. It is not long 'since we had to complain of the Courier having taken place at blazing account of " an attempt to attack Mr. Can ning." Last night the same Journal having deter frightened half the town, with a mined partially to eclipse the glories of the Right 1-lon.. Brighton. The paragraph which gave this afflicting piece of intelligence, is dated Brighton, ' May 19, and states, " Mr. - Secretary Canning was ". here on Tuesday, to attend the funeral of. his aunt, '" Mrs. Leigh, who had expired at her residence on gravely announced his demise as having " Pavilion parade, some days precioulg , and h e " did so on the following morning." But tnirabii, visu vel diet?: ; althdugh he expired the Morning after his aunt, we are assured by the same paragraph, that « he set off to return to Loudon in the a fternoon. of the same day."- We are not informed if the means recommended by the Humane Society, for restoring suspended animation were resorted to 0 0 t s i u )i d s d o e r y r io ec n o , ll o e r et N e v d h:ter th th e w e ayhtigohant oHthoenr.pSlaeccer,ettharayt the Parliament was not yet dissolved, and decid sed la to take a more favourable opportunity for hi st journey. It is said that there are to be more changes m new Parliament than were ever known, not less tl 1L 170 new Mezithers are talked of. A report has been in circulation of the capture the strong and important fortress of Bhurtpore, 1 -'" t upon the most minute enquiry, it appears to be 111 ' founded. At the India House it is not known , does the Captain of the Childe Harold (the . ves' e arrived off Dover, the intelligence is said to eo n°. by) mention any thing on the subject in his let ter t 0 his Owners. The Childe Harold is from calcutte and Madras. Left the latter port the 24th 01 ' 4 ' nuary. The Parthian packet ship from New York 1 9 "' r rrived off Liverpool, but too late to receive Cltbe papers or letters brought by her. THE FUNDS. Ckek . cup 12 o' they The Consul Market opened at 781 4 send rose to 73i11; 4 have since declined, and are now 78i, and for next time 7131 not much business, the Brokers being chiefly employed l° th e a d. jnstment of their accounts by settling day• Ip dib Three, per Cent. Consols, 781 ; for July account 781; co t. Bonds, 7,8, pm.; Exchequer Bill, 8,9, ; 4 P er 1, pm.; Chilian, 41, ; Colombian, 1822, 39 1 , 44 4 ; , 9 61; Fora. is Funs..—Brazilian, 55, 6 ; Buenos Ayro , ; Ditto, 1 32 ''„ - fler Greek , 151, ; Mexican, 5 per Ce nt., 52, 3 ; Ditto, " r Cent, 621, i; Peruvian. 31i, 2i; Russian, 754, 4 ; 11, Mrsts.—Anglo Mexican, 221, 17/, die. ; B raz ilian, 1 1!4 0 .. ; Bolivar, 5, '7, pni. • Colombian, 4,5, pm.; Pltn. 11, vian, 91; Tlalpttainut, 5, 10, pm.; Voited Ig '"'""'" die. ; Mexican Company, 9#, 81, dis. - T w o 0 ClO Ol ; 0 1 gee Consols, for money, 78i ; Ditto, Ayr July, 781-, bo„Y%1100,, ducefl, 77?,.; New Scrip, per; New Fou rs, 94i; ‘4"" 41., to 42 ; Mexican, 61i to 62. Quarto -pi: Tu . ° d Clat4. if; Consols have fell to '7B buyers, for money • and to 1 f", r ,• o Joh' , at which prices cc.niderable bts ; I the last hour. mess las"..yrin don e "It"' Six thousan d eight hundred p ounds were, we erbtand, paid down in cash, by as etninentbookaeller in ~a_ater: 'at'er-r°lv, for Yng the cop ht of the hist orical novel of Pi s-- stock. s Olg piinful (10 Corn t his week, to an noun Itce ovpa i g e of the Hinckley Co cial Ban WSW k, of : Jerlr...7; Coe—Leicester Journal.